Chapter Sixty-Four: Encounters with Surprises
The central and western part of the Kanchanaburi continent, in the Antamita Mountains, in the territory of Mytarion.
A group of centaurs is walking on a steep mountain path. This trail is only about three feet wide, on one side is a towering mountain range, the top of the mountain can not be seen, and the clouds can only pass through the halfway up the mountainside, and on the other side is an abyss, accidentally kicking down a stone, only to hear the stone "crackling" on the mountain wall all the way down, never stopping.
Horses are no longer up to the task of walking on such mountain roads, so most of these people are on foot, and a few are riding spirit animals unique to Kanchanaburi.
This spirit beast resembles a lizard, eight feet long, with eight legs, each foot has dozens of small suction cups at the end, and can be firmly attached to the ground when walking.
Although Baidu can walk freely on the Antamita Mountains, his speed is really not complimentary, and it is only comparable to ordinary people's fast walking. However, it is still much faster than the average person walking. It is said that if they walk on flat ground, they can run quickly, not much slower than horses.
This team of about hundreds of people, led by a middle-aged man in a green shirt and hat, he is vigorous, and he also walks like a fly on this rugged mountain road, from time to time in front of the people and horses behind to warn the people and horses behind to pay attention to dangerous roads or falling rocks.
Most of the team were civilians, old and young, and most of them looked depressed. Most of the people riding Baidu are applying for rebellion, but they still show a little anxiety between their commands.
A white-haired old woman led a seven- or eight-year-old boy to walk in the middle of the procession, and there were some rocks rolling on the rugged mountain road from time to time, and the old woman was not careful, kicked on a rock, and fell to the ground, while the boy who was originally led by her was led to a stumbling and falling towards the abyss.
The old woman said "oops", lying on the ground and still reaching for it, but where could she reach it, seeing the boy's small body submerged under the cliff. It was too late to say that it was too fast, and a figure "whirred" came from the front, suddenly pounced under the cliff, copied the boy in his hand, and then took the boy to rise into the sky, and then landed steadily on the mountain road. This man has short hair on his head and a short golden stick on his back, and it is the morning light. On the other side of the mountain road, Guo Xinzhu also rushed over, helped the old woman who fell to the ground, and comforted her grandparents and grandchildren. She had a headscarf wrapped around her head, and if you looked closely, you could still see that she also had short hair.
It turned out that at the border of Mitarion that day, just when everyone thought that it would be difficult to cross the guard post of Mitarion, Yu Tuo gave everyone an idea that not only could they pass the level in front of them, but even Mitarion could move freely. It's just that this idea requires everyone to make a little sacrifice, that is, everyone will shave their hair and pretend to be a disciple of the Brahmin Holy Sect, and Yuta will lead everyone forward.
Xu Xun immediately frowned and said, "The body is skinny, how can the parents who receive it be easily discarded?" The Zeng brothers and Peng Mu also echoed.
Yu Tuo bowed his head and said: "The body is just a skin, the world is only the appearance, all things are in one mind, you can break through the outside, and you can be at ease." ”
Xu Xun said: "The grass and trees are right in front of you, and the birds and beasts are still not far away, how can it be said that it is an appearance? Not to mention that the hair and skin are damaged, and the pain is in the heart, where can it be broken?"
Yu Tuo said: "Shaoxia's words are reasonable, but a flower is a world, a tree is a withered glory, since the life and fall have already been decided, why should the young man stick to a little fur?"
Xu Xun was about to argue again, but Xin Zhu on the side said, "Second Senior Brother, do you have a better way for us to pass?"
Xu Xun froze when he heard this, and then said slowly: "There is no ......"
Guo Xinzhu turned back to Chenguang and said, "What do you think of Chenguang?"
Chenguang spread his hands and said: "Since there is no way, I have to go with the flow." ”
Guo Xinzhu said to him: "If I shave my hair too, will you think I am ugly?"
Chenguang's face flushed when he heard this, and he said cowardly: "If you want to shave, why do you want to pull me?" She smiled and said to the others, "Who else has a better way to say it without shaving their heads." Everyone was silent.
Guo Xinzhu looked around left and right, and saw that everyone was no longer speaking, and said with a smile, "In that case, shave your head." ”
Xu Xun saw that everyone no longer objected, so a group of eight people shaved their heads clearly, then wrapped their leggings, wore a hat, pretended to be a monk with feet, and followed Yu Tuo swaggering towards the sentry.
Yu Tuo passed a few verses to everyone, so that no matter what they meant, they just bowed their heads and chanted, and the rest were dotted by Yu Tuo's master and apprentice in front.
The Brahmanical Cult seemed to have a high status in Mitarion, and Yuta led the people to the gate of the sentry gate, where they were discovered by the guards from a distance. At first, the soldiers were still shouting in the distance, but after hearing Yu Tuo say a few words, they actually opened the gate, and a group of knights rushed to the front, but the knights on the horse rolled their saddles and dismounted, bowed down to the crowd, and finally sent them away from the checkpoint with a great gift.
Later, Chenguang asked Yu Tuo why the soldiers guarding the pass respected them so much, and Yu Tuo said: "All living beings have Buddha thoughts, which is the reason why the heart is good, and it is also the support and destination of the soul." Mitarion took the Holy Religion as the foundation of the country, so the people in the country naturally respected the Holy Religion. The soldiers guarding the gate are also from the common people, and of course they will not be an exception. ”
Chenguang sighed: "The people of Mitarion were originally dedicated to goodness, but they were instigated to invade other countries, and there were countless casualties, it seems that the Holy Religion is also incapable of something." ”
Yu Tuo also said gloomily: "In the past, the kings of Mitarion were all benevolent and loving people, and with the assistance of the Holy Sect, Mitarion was able to grow from a young age. However, even though Mitarion has been able to dominate the continent of Kanchanaburi, for thousands of years, he has never done such an unrighteous act, and now the sudden great change, and my Holy Sect has not stopped it, which really makes the old man uneasy, and the old man is why he will return to Mitarion with all the young heroes to find out. ”
Chenguang nodded and said: "Looking at the attitude of those guards towards the master, they should be able to understand the transcendent status of the Holy Sect in Mitarion, if the Holy Sect fails to stop Mitarion's southern invasion, I'm afraid what really happened." ”
Yu Tuo looked at the north and said, "I hope everything is fine with the Holy Sect, and the southern invasion is just an impulsive move of Princess Cecili." As he spoke, he clasped his hands together and said a pause.
As the crowd moved deeper into the heart of Mitarion, what Yuta feared seemed to be happening. In the towns along the way, members of the original Brahmin religion preach in open areas. Now, the content of the preaching has changed, and the doctrines of the Holy Religion should be spread all over the world, and the heretics should be punished, etc., have become the core of the preaching of the faithful.
When Yu Tuo heard this several times, he couldn't help but step forward to reprimand the disciples who preached, but those disciples were almost silent, but the people listening to the lecture next to him were very dissatisfied with Yu Tuo and coaxed one after another. As soon as the crowd left, the disciples continued to talk about themselves. Yu Tuo wanted to stop it, but he had no choice but to decline, and he only hoped to return to the Wheel Temple, the center of the Holy Sect, as soon as possible, find the leader of the Holy Sect, and find out the truth.
When they entered Mitarion for half a moon and walked to a small town called Nancre, Aoki Lin and others came with a shocking news.
Mitarion officially broke with Xia Yan, and Mitarion ordered all Xia Yan citizens who remained in the country to leave within ten days, and Xia Yan citizens who remained in Mitarion after ten days would be regarded as Xia Yan's spies and all of them would be killed.
In the capital of Mitarion, Danguis, Mitarion gathered an army of tens of thousands to sweep away the Xia Yan citizens who failed to leave the country in time.
In fact, the ten days were not so much for the Xia Yan people, but for Mitarion to organize his own army, and Mitarion did not let go of these Xia Yan citizens at all from the beginning.
Xia Yan's trip to Mitarion was basically merchants, these people were wealthy merchants with deep financial resources, and some of them also had Tianzhou as a means of transportation. Mitarion wanted to take these Xia Yan's Heavenly Boats for his own use, and second, he also wanted to make a fortune from these wealthy Xia Yan merchants. So on the day that Mitarion broke with Xia Yan, the guards from all over Mitarion detained all the heavenly boats that Xia Yan flew to Mitarion, and the total number of these heavenly boats exceeded dozens.
And the main reason why Mitarion wants to gather an army to deal with Xia Yan's merchants is because most of these merchants are escorted. Xia Yan's guards were almost all cultivators from various sects.
Xia Yan has dozens of large and small cultivation sects in China, and most of the cultivators of each sect and sect who have achieved little success in learning and art will enter the world to cultivate, on the one hand, it is to enhance the actual combat experience, and on the other hand, they can also get the experience of dealing with the world, as for the reward, it is almost negligible for the famous sects that take Phantom Tian Yaojin as a necessary product for cultivation, and therefore, most of the wealthy businessmen will invite a few disciples of the famous sect as guards.
Of course, there are not too many rich businessmen who Xia Yan came to Mitarion to do business, and the total number is only hundreds, but these rich businessmen carry much more family members and servants, and some rich businessmen even bring hundreds of people, such as the Shunxiang of the Honorary World, which specializes in transporting valuables to all parts of the world with a heavenly boat, including nobles, and they have more than a few hundred people stationed in Mitarion, and more than ten heavenly boats, but at this moment they have become the business with the heaviest losses.
Mitarion was afraid that the guards in various places would not be able to subdue those who were highly cultivated, so he specially organized an army, and specially sent many magicians, knights and other good hands, which could be said to be trying to wipe out the rich merchants of Xia Yan.
It was too late for Xia Yan's merchants to get the news, and most of them remained in Mytarion, except for a few who fled overnight on the Heavenly Boat.
Now, the third senior brother Aoki Lin and the sixth senior brother Wang Kun are working with their fellow sects in Mitarion to organize Xia Yan's people to evacuate Mitarion. It is said that all the Xia Yan people in several cities near the capital of Mitarion have been poisoned, and the remaining Xia Yan people are still in the thousands, and they are concentrating on the Antamita Mountains in the middle of Mitarion, with the ultimate goal of reaching the Akamala Wastes in the far northwest of Mitarion. The environment was harsh, with few towns and inhabitants, let alone the guards. Moreover, it is also one of the closest places to the Shenzhou mainland, which is convenient for crossing the sea.
After getting the news of Qingmulin and them, Xu Xun and the others began to discuss overnight.
By the light of the fire, Xu Xun looked at the people with solemn faces, and said, "The news from them, the third one, together with the guards of those merchants, has a total of about five hundred people, and they are heading northwest along the Antamita Mountains at this moment. But they are mainly evacuating the Xia Yan people in the central and western parts of Mitarion, and there are still some Xia Yan people in some areas in the south, and they hope that we can take these Xia Yan people to the Akamala Wasteland, I don't know what you think?"
Chenguang said: "Naturally, we want to save them and let them stay in Mitarion, they have only one way to die." ”
Zeng Tao also said: "Yes, how can Xia Yan's people be bullied? Although we are people who have turned into cultivators, we still regard Xia Yan as our home, and our family members must help when they are suffering." ”
Guo Xinzhu said with a smile: "Although I am not from Xia Yan, my father is from Shenzhou, and my master is also a cultivator from the Shenzhou Continent, of course I also have to help my hometown." ”
Xu Xun said with a look of embarrassment: "Helping is naturally to help, but how can we help them? How many people are there, where they live, how to contact them, we don't know, even if we take them away, we have to rush to make peace with the third child, they are already in the Antamita Mountains, thousands of miles away from us, whether they can catch up is also a problem." It's a tricky one. ”
Yu Tuo said: "It is not difficult to find them, the Brahmin Holy Sect has followers in various places, the old man has to contact him, most of the important towns south of Mitarion are concentrated in this Tunguska plain, these people should be rushing to flee at this moment, they can be found in about a day, but it will take some effort to gather them." ”
Guo Xinzhu said: "If the master can find them, it will be easy to do." It is enough to ask the Cultists to tell them to unite in three days and to gather in the northernmost city of the Tunguska Plain. We just have to wait there, and if it is too late to arrive, I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything. ”
Yu Tuo nodded and said, "Yes, let's choose Dunkirk City in the north to concentrate." It's about a hundred miles away, and we'll get there tomorrow. The old man can also ask the Holy Cultists to provide them with some walking equipment, chariots and horses, etc., so that they can arrive as soon as possible. ”
Xu Xun said: "What the master said reminded me that the third child brought too many people, and in a hurry, I am afraid that there will not be enough food and medicine." If we can bring some of these things with us, it might be very useful. ”
Yu Tuo said: "This matter is easy to do, when you arrive in Tunguska, while waiting for the people of Xia Yan, Lao Qu asked the disciples of this sect to purchase the necessary items, but the road in the Antamita Mountains is steep, I'm afraid you can't transport it by carts and horses, so you can only scatter and carry it." ”
Xu Xun said: "Everything is arranged by the master. ”
So everyone immediately went their separate ways, Yu Tuo's master and apprentice went to take care of the matter, and the others went to Dunkirk, prepared food and lodging, and waited for the arrival of the people of Xia Yan.